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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">User security is not enabled by default in Enterprise Architect. To enable security for a project in Enterprise Architect for the first time, follow the steps below.</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Access the </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">Registered Users</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> section of the Sparx Systems website (</span><span class="f_NumberedList"><a href="http://www.sparxsystems.com/registered/reg_ea_corp_ed.html" target="_blank" class="weblink">http://www.sparxsystems.com/registered/reg_ea_corp_ed.html</a>)</span><span class="f_NumberedList">, and obtain the Authorization Key. (You must have the Registered Users login and password to access this web site.)</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Project | Security | Enable Security</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> menu option.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
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<span class="f_NumberedList">The</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> </span><span class="f_UIControl">Authorization</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> dialog displays.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">In the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Enter authorization key</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field, type the authorization key from the Sparx Systems website.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. Security is enabled, and an Admin user and user group are created with full permissions (all access rights listed in <a href="permissionlist.htm">List of Available Permissions</a>) and a password of </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">password</span><span class="f_NumberedList">.</span><br>
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<li value=5><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Project | Security | Login as Another User</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> menu option, and log in as </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Admin </span><span class="f_NumberedList">with the initial password of </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">password</span><span class="f_NumberedList">.</span></li>
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<td width="955" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:955px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">To change the Admin password, see the </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="change_password.htm">Change Password</a></span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> topic.</span></p>
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<li value=6><span class="f_NumberedList">Set up users and permissions as required.</span></li>
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<td width="955" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:955px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">Once security has been enabled, you must have the </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="permissionlist.htm">Security - Enable/Disable</a></span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> access right to turn it off. The initial administrator automatically has this access right.</span></p>
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<li value=7><span class="f_NumberedList">To disable security, click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Enable Security</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> menu option, and again type the authorization key in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Authorization</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog. Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. Security is disabled.</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_TiporNoteText">The system prompts you to log off the project and log on again, but this is not strictly necessary.</span></li>
<li><span class="f_TiporNoteText">To re-enable security, follow the procedure above, but be aware that any changes you have made to the admin user (password and reduced access rights) are reset to </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-weight: bold;">password</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> and full access.</span></li>
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